Maxine was born Nov. 28, 1919 in Arma, Kan. to the late Jane Marie (Webb) and Charles Bixler Dearing. Maxine married Raymond George Lackey on Nov. 19, 1939 in El Dorado. Together with her husband, she was a farmer and they also had a custom cutting business for 15 years. Maxine was a member of the Nazarene Church in Augusta. Raymond preceded her in death on March 8, 1984. A brother, Robert Dearing, and two sisters, Anna Charlene Thompson and Patricia Jane Morris also preceded her.